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notes, biographical sketches, portraits, and illustrations. 

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First and Second Grades 

No. 

2719 Aesop’s Fables. 

2713 Old Time Stories. 

2725 Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes. 

2707 First Steps in Reading. 

2701 Jack and the Beanstalk. 

2726 Favorite Mother Goose Jingles. 

2720 Little Red Riding Hood. 

2727 Story of Little Black Sambo. 

2708 Bunny Cottontail Stories. 

2728 Ten Little Indian Stories. 

2721 Hiawatha and Henry W. Longfel¬ 

low. 

2730 Twelve Little Indian Stories. 

2716 Bunny Boy. 

2731 The Jenny Wren Book. 

2704 Bob the Cat. 

2723 Whitter and His Snow-Bound. 

2732 The Bluebird Book. 

2717 Thanksgiving Stories. 

2733 Four Favorite Stories. 

2705 The Story of Two Little Rabbits. 

2724 The Three Misses Cottontail and 

King Rabbit. 

2734 My Shadow, and Other Poems. 

2718 Modern Fables. 

2735 My Treasures, and Other Poems. 

2706 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

First and Second Grades. 

2819 Squirrel and Other Animal Stories. 


Second and Third Grades 

No. 

2736 Three Popular Stories. 

2714 The Story of Joseph. 

2807 Beauty and the Beast and Other 
Favorite Fairy Tales. 

2702 Susan Cottontail Stories. 

2802 Cinderella and Other Favorite 

Fairy Tales. 

2715 Robinson Crusoe. 

2738 Stories from Grimm. 

2729 Sixteen Little Indian Stories. 

2809 The Coming of the Christ-Child. 

2709 Our Three Little Sisters and Hia¬ 

watha. 

2803 Christmas Stories. 

2722 Pussy Willow and other Tree 
Stories. 

2740 The Story of Peter Rabbit. 

2710 Stories About Animals. 

2810 The Little Story Reader. 

2711 Mr. and Mrs. Stout of Beaver Dam 

and How JackrabbitLost HisT&fil. 

2823 Stories About Birds. 

2712 The Tale of Bunny Cottontail— 

Abridged. 

2825 Who Stole the Bird’s Nest, and 

Other Poems. 

2824 Famous Poems of Famous Poets*— 

For Third Grade. 

2826 The Robin Redbreast Book. 

2812 The Toyland of Santa Claus. 

2827 The Chickadee Book. 

2828 Brownie’s Ride and Brownie and 

the Cook. 

2829 Escape at Bedtime, and Other 

Poems. 

2830 My Ship and I, and Other Poems. 


PUBLISHED BY 

A. FLANAGAN COMPANY 

CHICAGO 




The Bluebird Book 


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BY 

MOORE BANTA 


1923 

A. FLANAGAN COMPANY 
CHICAGO 


COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY 


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Printed in the United States of America 


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NOV 20 ’22 

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THE STORY OF THE BLUEBIRD 


Let us look at this pretty little bird. Isn't 
it a beautiful blue? Its name is Bluebird. 

The Bluebird belongs to the Thrush Family. 
It is a little larger than any of the little 
Wrens. 

But the Bluebird is a small bird. It is only 
seven inches long. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird are the same size, 
but they are not the same color. Mr. Blue¬ 
bird’s upper parts, wings, and tail are bright 
blue. His breast is a rich chestnut-brown. 
Underneath he is white. 

Mrs. Bluebird has duller blue feathers, 
washed with gray. She has a paler breast 
than Mr. Bluebird. 

Bluebirds go to the south in the late 
autumn. They do not take this trip till 
November. They go north in the early 
spring. They make this trip to the north in 
March. 

Bluebirds can stand quite a little cold 
weather. Many times w r e have snow after the 
Bluebirds come north. 

Many times sleet and cold rains come. 

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Then we should feed them. They do not 
mind the cold. But they must have food. 

It sometimes gets cold in the autumn be¬ 
fore Bluebirds go south. They stay with us 
as long as they can. It is good-bye to sum¬ 
mer when they go. 

Bluebirds are very fine singers. Their song 
is a beautiful sweet warble. They warble a 
song of gladness. They warble a merry song 
of cheer. 

They tell us summer is coming. They tell 
us springtime is here. 

They sing, “ Little white snowdrop, wake 
up! Bright yellow crocus, open your eyes. 
Daffodils, don’t you hear? Summer is com¬ 
ing. 

“ Sweet little violets are coming. Butter¬ 
cups and daisies are coming. Springtime is 
here.” 

Sing, Bluebird, warble a song of sunshine. 
Warble a merry song of glee. Warble a 
merry roundelay. 

Bring us a message of cheer. Bring us 
sunny hours. Bring us sunny days. 

Sing of the lilacs and roses. Sing of the 
leaves on the trees. Sing of flowers and sun¬ 
shine. 

Warble us a song of the beautiful rainbow. 

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BLUEBIRD. 

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Warble of the happy hours. Warble of the 
happy days. 

Sing us a message of cheer. Tell us sum¬ 
mer is coming and springtime is here. 

Who sings a message of cheer? The Blue¬ 
bird sings a message of cheer. 

Who sings of the springtime and summer? 
The Bluebird sings of the springtime and 
summer. 

He sings of sunshine and happy hours. 
He' sings of sunny days and beautiful flowers. 

Bluebirds like to build their nests in bird 
houses. We should put up bird houses for 
them. We should protect them from the 
English sparrows. 

Bluebird houses should be put up early. 
They should be up by the first of March. 

Bluebirds like to live near our homes. 
They like to live in the garden or orchard. 
They will build their nests in tree-holes if 
they can’t find bird houses. 

Sometimes they will build in holes about 
buildings. We can have these beautiful 
songsters about our homes. But we must put 
up bird houses. We must chase the Sparrows 
away. 

The nest of the Bluebird is very simple. It 

is made of a few wisps of straw. Sometimes 
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it is lined with a few feathers. 

The Bluebird lays from four to six eggs. 
The eggs are pale blue. In a short time the 
nest contains little baby Bluebirds. 

At first these little baby birds are blind. 
They are almost naked. How helpless they 
are! 

Soon they grow a suit of dark feathers. 
They look almost black. Then a speckled 
vest appears. They do not have any blue 
feathers till they are able to fly. 

Bluebirds eat many insects. They feed 
insect food to the baby birds. They catch the 
insects in the orchard. They catch the in¬ 
sects in the garden. 

They raise two and three broods of baby 
birds each year. It takes many insects to 
feed so many baby Bluebirds. This is why 
Bluebirds are so useful. 

We will put up houses for them. We will 
protect them. 


BLUEBIRD’S FIRST SONG 
“Awake,” said the sunshine, 

“ ’Tis time to get up, 

Awake! pretty daisy, 

And sweet buttercup. 

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“Why! you’ve been sleeping 
The whole winter long: 
Hark! Hark! don’t you hear? 
’Tis the Bluebird’s song.” 


“Awake,” call the streamlets, 
“We’ve lain here so still, 
And now we must all 
Ho to work with a will.” 


“Awake,” said the warm little breeze, 
“And you, willow tree, 

Come put on your leaves 
In a twinkling, for me.” 


“Awake,” breathed the air 
From the blue sky above, 
“Awake, for the world 
Is all beauty and love. 


“Wake, little Bluebirds, 

So merry and dear; 

Ah! what were the springtime, 

If your song were not here 9” 

—Selected. 


BONNY, BONNY BLUEBIRD 

Bonny, bonny Bluebird, 

Living in the wood. 

Come, we will not harm you, 

But give you something good. 

Let us see if he will come 
For this great ripe purple plum; 
“Singing, singing cheerily, 

Here I come so merrily, 

Thank you, children dear!” 

Bonny, bonny Bluebird, 

Sing a song of cheer, 

Sing a song of roses, 

Lasting half a year. 

Sing a song of summer days, 

Carol us a hymn of praise; 
“Chirping, chirping cheerily, 

Here I come so merrily, 

Thank you, children dear!” 

—Adapted. 

SONG OF THE BLUEBIRD 
I know the song 

That the Bluebird is singing, 

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Up in the appletree 
Where he is swinging. 

Brave little fellow! 

The skies may look dreary, 

Nothing cares he 

While his heart is so cheery. 

Hark! how the music 

Leaps out from his throat! 

Hark! was there ever 
So merry a note? 

Listen awhile and you’ll 
Hear what he’s saying, 

Up in the appletree, 

Swinging and swaying: 

4 ‘ Dear little blossoms 
Down under the snow, 

You must be weary 
Of winter, I know. 

“Hark! while I sing you 
A message of cheer 

Summer is coming, 

And springtime is here. 


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“ Little white snowdrop, 

I pray you, arise: 

Bright yellow crocus, 

Come, open your eyes. 

“Sweet little violets, 

Hid from the cold, 

Put on your mantles 
Of purple and gold! 

‘ 6 Daffodils! daffodils! 

Say, do you hear? 

Summer is coming, 

And springtime is here!” 

—Emily Huntington Miller. 

THE BLUEBIRD AND THE CHILDREN 
Bluebird: 

How do you do, children? I know you. 
You are little boys. You are little girls. 
You are little children. 

How do you do, little boys? How do you 
do, little girls? Do you know me? 

See my blue coat. See my blue cap. See 
my brown vest. 

My coat is bright blue. My cap is bright 
blue. My vest is rich brown. 

Now you know me. I am Mr. Bluebird. I 
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am a little bird. I am only seven inches 
long. 

Mrs. Bluebird looks like me. Her coat and 
cap are pale blue. Her vest is pale 
brown. 

Ruth: 

I like your pretty blue cap and coat. I 
like your rich brown vest. You are a 
pretty little bird. You sing a very 
pretty song. 

Bob: 

I like your sweet song. You sing a song of 
joy. Where is Mrs. Bluebird? 

Bluebird: 

Mrs. Bluebird is at home. We built a nest. 
We built the nest of straw. We lined it 
with feathers. We built it in a bird 
house. A little boy built the bird house 
for us. 

Soon there were six little eggs in our nest. 
They were little pale blue eggs. 

Now there are six baby Bluebirds in the 
nest. We like to feed our baby birds. 
We catch worms for them. Worms are 
good for baby Bluebirds. 

Joe: 

When do you go south, Mr. Bluebird? 
Why don’t you stay here? 

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Bluebird: 

We go south in November. We go north 
in March. It is too cold in winter in the 
north. We like warm weather. We like 
the summer in the north. We like the 
winter in the south. 

Clara: 

Please sing again, Mr. Bluebird. Sing your 
sweet song over. Sing your song of joy 
again. Sing your song of morning. 
Please sing it over and over. 

Elmer: 

Sing about the morning dew. Tell us about 
the flowers. Tell us again and again. 
Thank you, Mr. Bluebird. We shall 
never harm you. 


SUMMER IS COMING 
A Bluebird sat on a tree and sang, 

“ Summer is coming, coming •” 

A bee crept out of its hive and began 
Lazily humming, humming. 

The frog from out of the rushes and leaves, 
Into the water went splashing; 

The dragon fly with its body of green, 
Through the tall flags went splashing. 

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The squirrel put out her head and said, 
“Really the sun shines brighter!” 

But the butterfly said, “Not yet, not yet!” 
And folded his wings up tighter. 

But the Robin and Bluebird began to sing, 
Ever sweeter and sweeter, 

And the grasshopper chirped and hopped and 
skipped, 

Ever fleeter and fleeter. 

And suddenly brighter the sun shone out, 
And the clouds away went sailing, 

And the sheep nibbled the soft green grass, 
The cow looked over the paling. 

Yes, summer had come, the Cuckoo sang 
Songs through woodland and hollow, 

The summer has come, I hear it sung, 

Not only by Thrush but Swallow. 

—Selected. 


THE STORY OF THE GOLDFINCH 
See the little yellow bird! Little yellow 
bird, I see you. Don’t be afraid, little yellow 
bird. I will not harm you. 

Do look at this little bird! It is not afraid 
of us. It knows we will not harm it. 

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THE GOLDFINCH 














It is a pretty little Goldfinch. 

The Goldfinch is one-of the prettiest mem¬ 
bers of the Finch family. It is sometimes 
called the Wild Canary. Yellowbird is 
another name for it. Other times it is called 
the Thistle Bird. 

It likes to eat thistle seeds. That is why 
it is called the Thistle Bird. 

The Goldfinch is a very small bird. It is a 
little larger than the House Wren. 

The Goldfinch is a little over five inches 
long. This is the length from the tip of his 
bill to the tip of his tail. 

What a pretty bird he is! His color is 
bright yellow. Look at the top of his head. 
Look at his wings and tail. What color are 
they? 

The top of his head is black. His wings 
and tail are black. 

Mrs. Goldfinch is not as beautiful as Mr. 
Goldfinch. She does not have as beautiful 
feathers. She is brownish olive above. Be¬ 
low she is yellowish white. 

Goldfinches go south in the autumn. They 
go in October. They stay in the south all 
winter. 

They go north in the spring. They go 


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north in May. They stay in the north all 
summer. 

A few of them stay in the north all winter. 
They do not stay in the colder parts of the 
north. They stay in the warmer parts of the 

north. 

We like to hear the Goldfinch sing. Sing, 
pretty Goldfinch, sing. Sing us a sweet song. 
Sing us a May song. 

It makes us happy to hear you sing. 

Who can sing a sweet May song'? The 
Goldfinch can sing us a sweet May song. Do 
let us hear it sing! 

Do you hear it sing its beautiful song*? It 
is singing a song of the warm summer. It is 
singing of the clear blue sky. It is singing of 
the warm breezes. 

Here is what it is singing: 

“ Beautiful flowers, I am glad to see you. 
Flowers, flowers growing everywhere. I will 
sing to you. You make us all glad. You fill 
the air with sweetness. 

“Come, happy days. Come, sunny hours. 
Come, sunshine and warm rain. 

“Bring the sweet little violets. Bring the 
pretty daisies. Bring the beautiful butter¬ 
cups. 

“Make the roses bloom. Make the lilacs 

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bloom. Make all the flowers bloom. 

“I sing of the leaves on the trees. I sing a 
message of cheer. I sing joyfully. I sing 
merrily. 

“ Pretty rainbow, I sing to you. See the 
bright morning sun! See the sparkling 
dew!” 

Pretty little Goldfinch, we like to hear you 
sing. Sing your sweet song over and over. 

The song of the Goldfinch is much like the 
song of the Canary bird. That is why the 
Goldfinch is called Wild Canary. 

Goldfinches use fine grasses to build their 
nests. They use strips of bark. They use 
moss. They line their nests thickly with 
thistledown. 

The nests are built in trees or bushes. The 
Goldfinch lays from three to six eggs. The 
eggs are of a pale bluish-white. 

Soon the eggs are gone. Baby Goldfinches 
are in the nest. The eggs turned into Baby 
Goldfinches. 

The father and mother Goldfinches catch 
caterpillars. They catch grasshoppers. They 
catch many other harmful insects. 

They feed the baby birds. They feed them 
many insects. The baby birds are so hungry. 

It takes so many insects to feed them. 

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They cannot get enough. The old birds come 
to the nest. Open go the mouths of the baby 
birds. 

In drop the insects. The baby birds swal¬ 
low the insects. Away fly the old birds for 
more insects. 

Goldfinches are very fond of weed-seeds. 
Goldfinches are our friends. They help the 
farmer and the gardener. 

They eat many harmful insects. They eat 
many harmful weed-seeds. 

They are beautiful birds. They sing sweet 
songs. They sing us sweet songs of joy. 
Their songs make us happy. 

We like to have the Goldfinches live near 
us. We will protect them. 

LITTLE WILD CANARY 
Little Wild Canary 
Dainty warbler sweet. 

Something in the basket, 

We have for you to eat. 

Birdie likes the little seeds, 

That is plainly what he needs: 

“ Trilling, trilling cheerily, 

Here I come so merrily, 

Thank you, children dear!” 

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Sing a song of something 
Very good to eat; 

Sing about the bugs you like, 

And the golden wheat. 

Trill a song of a day in June, 

Trill a song of the honey-bloom: 

“ Singing, singing, cheerily, 

Here I come so merrily, 

Thank you, children dear!” 

—Adapted. 

LITTLE BRIGHT YELLOWBIRD 
Little bright yellowbird! 

You pretty little fellow, 

With your wings of black, 

And your coat of yellow.* 

Little black tail, 

Little black crown, 

What a pretty sight 
Amid the thistle-down! 

Little Wild Canary, 

What a sweet delight! 

To see you on the lawn 
When the sun is bright. 

Sing a pretty song 
Of bright sunny hours, 

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Trill a little song 
Of beautiful flowers. 

Sing a song of blossoms 
Up in the trees; 

Sing of the springtime, 
And the warm breeze. 

Warble a song 

Of the sparkling dew, 

Of sweet little daisies, 
And the violets blue. 

Tell of the Mayflowers, 
And the roses of June! 

Put in a strawberry 
To sweeten the tune. 


THE CATBIRD 

Ellen: 

Do see this bird! It has a black cap. Its 
coat and vest are dark gray. 

Henry: 

The feet and bill are black. The tail is also 
black. 

Ira: 

I saw its nest. There are four eggs in it. 
The eggs are greenish blue. 

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Billy: 

The nest is made of twigs, shavings, and 
grass. It is lined with fine rootlets. I 
think you are Mr. Catbird. 

Catbird: 

Yes, that is my name. I am longer than 
the Wood Thrush. I am nine inches 
long. I am watching our nest. 

Mrs. Catbird has gone for her dinner. She 
will soon be back. The eggs in our nest 
will soon turn to baby Catbirds. 

We shall then have much work to do. The 
baby birds must be fed. We must work 
hard to feed them. Baby Catbirds like 
bugs and worms. 

Our baby birds will soon grow up. We 
shall not have so much to do then. They 
can take care of themselves. In Novem¬ 
ber we shall all go to the south. In May 
we shall return to the north. 

Emma: 

You are a useful bird. You eat many 
harmful insects. 

Joe: 

I like your song. You can mock other 
birds. Carol the spring song of the Blue¬ 
bird. 


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Claude: 

Sing the song of the Brown Thrasher. 
Carol the summer song of the Robin. 
Sing the sweet song of the Wood Thrush. 
Sing loud and clear like Jenny Wren. 

Lucy: 

Carol a song of April showers.. Carol a 
song of the April morning. Sing a song 
of the evening. Sing of the golden sun¬ 
set. Sing the jolly song of the Chicka¬ 
dee. 

Ralph: 

Sing about the apple blossoms. Tell us of 
the summer days. Tell us of the sum¬ 
mer hours. 

Dorothy: 

Sing a song of flowers and sunshine. Sing 
a song of summer breezes. 

Crenevieve: 

Sing about the sweet violets. Thank you, 
Mr. Catbird. You are a useful bird. 

George: 

We shall always protect you. Never be 
afraid of us. We are your friends. 

THE STORY OF THE INDIGO BUNTING 

See this pretty blue bird! What a beauti¬ 
ful shade of blue! It is as beautiful as the 

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Bluebird. It is the Indigo Bunting. It is 
also called the Indigo Bird. 

The Indigo Bunting belongs to the Finch 
family. He is a cousin to the Goldfinch and 
Redbird. They are three cousin Finches. 
They do not look much alike. They are so 
different in color. 

The Indigo Bunting is much smaller than 
the Redbird. This Indigo Bird is only a little 
larger than the Goldfinch. It is five and one- 
half to six inches long. This measure is 
taken from the tip of the bill to the tip of 
the tail. 

These Finches are quite a little alike in 
habits. They all have thick stout bills. They 
can eat seeds that are hard to crack. 

The color of the Indigo Bunting is indigo 
blue. That is why this bird is called the 
Indigo Bunting or Indigo Bird. 

The color of Mrs. Indigo Bunting is very 
different from that of Mr. Indigo Bunting. 
She is of a brownish color. She has a little 
touch of blue on her shoulders and tail. 

Indigo Buntings go south for the winter. 
They go south in September. They spend 
their summers in the north. They go north 
in the month of May. 

The Indigo Bunting is a jolly summer 

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songster. His song is a beautiful little war¬ 
ble. It is, indeed, very sweet. It contains 
many Canary-like notes. 

He sings us a song of the gardens and 
orchards. He sings a song of apple blossoms. 
He warbles of honeysuckles and hollyhocks. 
He sings joyfully and merrily. 

Little Indigo Bunting, sing a song of the 
May morning. Sing a song of cherry blos¬ 
soms. Sing a song of morning glories. Sing 
a song of sunflowers. Warble a song of the 
glad sunrise. Warble of summer flowers. 
Warble of summer showers. 

Tell us of the little white snowdrops. Tell 
us of the bright yellow crocus. Tell us of 
happy hours. Tell us of happy days. Sing 
of the beautiful rainbow. Sing of the golden 
sunset. 

Indigo Buntings build their nests about 
the first of June. They build them of grasses. 
They build them of bits of dead leaves. They 
also use strips of bark. The nests are lined 
with grasses, rootlets and long hairs. 

They locate their nests in low bushes. They 
like haw and brier bushes best. Three to 
four are the number of eggs laid. The eggs 
are of pale bluish-white. The eggs hatch in 
about twelve days. 


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THE INDIGO BUNTING 
































































































































































































































What a stir these baby Buntings cause! 
My! but they are hungry! The old birds 
have to work fast now. They are kept busy 
hunting insects. They carry the insects to 
their baby Buntings. How quickly the in¬ 
sects disappear. Then the baby Buntings 
cry for more. The old birds feed them fast. 

The baby Buntings grow fast. When the 
baby Buntings are ten days old they can 
fly. Very soon they are able to take care of 
themselves. Then the old birds raise another 
brood of baby Buntings. 

Indigo Buntings are seed eaters. They eat 
many small berries. They are fond of in¬ 
sects. They help the farmer and the gar¬ 
dener. They eat weed seeds and insects. 
This is the way they help the farmer and the 
gardener. 

Birds help protect plant life. This is why 
they are so useful. This is why we should 
protect them. Indigo Buntings are sweet 
songsters. They are very beautiful birds. 
We will always protect them, 

A LITTLE BLUE BIRD 
A little blue bird 
Sat on a fence rail, 

Cheerily, cheerily singing! 

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Its song was the sweetest 
That I ever heard, 

Cheerily, cheerily singing! 

I ran for some salt 
To put on his tail, 

Cheerily, cheerily singing! 

But while I was gone, 

Away flew the bird, 

Cheerily, cheerily singing! 

—Adapted. 

BUNTINGS IN THE GREENWOOD 
Buntings in the greenwood 
Sing so sweet and clear, 
Warbling in the greenwood 
’Tis their song we hear; 

Buntings in the greenwood 
Build a little nest, 

Leave it in the greenwood 
Ready for the rest. 

Buntings in the greenwood 
Sing themselves to sleep, 
Slumber in the greenwood 
Must be sweet and deep. 

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Buntings in the greenwood 
Sing at break of day; 

Warble of the greenwood, 

And the flowers of May. 

—Adapted. 

THE MOCKINGBIRD AND THE CHIL¬ 
DREN 

Dan: 

See this pretty bird friend. I know you, 
Mr. Mockingbird. You wear a gray coat 
and cap. You wear a light gray vest. 

Eva: 

You are about the size of the Robin. Mrs. 
Mockingbird looks just like you. She has 
a gray coat and cap. She has a light gray 
vest. 

Ralph: 

Tell us about your home, Mr. Mockingbird. 

Mockingbird: 

We built our nest of grass and twigs. We 
lined it with horsehair and cotton. We 
built it in a hedge. It is only a few feet 
from the ground. 

There were four speckled green eggs in the 
nest. Now there are four baby Mock¬ 
ingbirds. Mrs. Mockingbird is at home 
watching the baby birds. 

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THE MOCKINGBIRD 



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I am out hunting worms for them. We 
must keep at work to find enough worms. 
Our baby birds never get enough to eat. 

I must take a little time to sing. I like to 
sing. I like to mock the other birds. 

Catbird is my cousin. We can both mock 
the other birds. Now I shall sing you my 
song. How do you like that? 

Laura: 

That was fine. Sing it again, please. You 
sang like the Bluebird and the Robin. 

Paul: 

You sang like the Wood Thrush and the Cat¬ 
bird. Please come and sing often. We 
like to hear you. 

Frank :• 

Carol a song of the peach blossoms. Sing 
one of the cherry trees. Carol of the 
pussy willows. 

Sarah: 

Trill a merry song of the morning. Trill 
joyfully. Trill merrily. Carol a song 
of the blossoms on the trees. 

Claude: 

That was a fine song. Thank you, Mr. 
Mockingbird. We shall always protect 
Mockingbirds. 


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2927 The Story of King Cotton. 

2806 King Arthur Stories. 


Fourth and Fifth Grades 

No. 

2928 The Story of Sugar. 

2919 The Story of Daniel Boone. 

2929 The Story of Lumber. 

2913 American Naval Heroes. 

2930 The Story of Iron. 

2834 Little Goody Two Shoes. 

2931 Night Before Christmas and Other 

Christmas Poems. 

2907 Our Pilgrim Forefathers. 

2932 The Story of Granite, Copper and 

Zinc. 

2901 The Story of Abraham Lincoln. 

2933 The Story of Marble and Slate. 

2920 The Story of Washington. 

2934 The Story of Fruit. 

2914 The Story of Benjamin Franklin. 

2935 Norse Heroes. 

2908 A Longfellow Booklet. 

2936 Norse Myths. 

2838 The Bluest of Blue Birds. 

2937 Norse Legends. 

2902 The Norse Seamen and Christo¬ 

pher Columbus. 

2915 The Story of the Revolution. 

2909 Henry Hudson and Other Explor¬ 

ers. 

2916 Miss Alcott's Boys. 

2910 Orioles, Bobolinks and other Birds. 
2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2917 Grace Darling and Florence Night¬ 

ingale. 


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Fifth and Sixth Grades 

No. 

2938 The Story of Gold and Silver. 

2911 The Story of Jeanne (Joan)D’Arc. 

3020 The Story of Our Flag. 

2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2939 The Story of Oil. 

2905 The Three Golden Apples. 

2940 Longfellow’s Poems. 

2924 The Story of Electricity* 

3002 Rab and His Friends* 

2918 William McKinley. 

3021 The Great Stone Face. 

2912 The Discovery of America. 

2943 The Story of Paper, Pens, Pencils, 

etc. 

3019 The Story of Steam. 

2944 The Story of Printing* 

3013 Father Marquette. 

2945 The Story of Newcpapers and 

Books. 

3007 The Miraculous Pitcher. 

3025 The Story of Robinhood. 

3001 The Story of La Salle. 

Sixth and Seventh Grades 

No. 

3026 The Story of Motors. 

3014 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Sixth Grade. 

3016 Rip Van Winkle and Author’s Ac¬ 
count of Himself. 

3008 The King of The Golden River. 

3027 The Story of Glass. 

2941 The Golden Fleece. 

3028 The Meat-Packing Industry. 

2942 Whittier’s Poems. 

3029 Tennyson’s Poems. 

3015 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 

3030 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare— 

Part I. 

3031 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare— 

Part II. 


No. 

3009 The Pied Piper of Hamlin and 

Other Poems. 

3011 The Song of Hiawatha—Abridged. 

3003 The Snow-I mage. 

3032 Primitive Travel and Transporta¬ 

tion. 

3022 The Courtship of Miles Standish. 

3033 The Story of Ships and Shipping. 
3024 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Seventh Grade. 

3034 Ocean Routes and Navigation* 

Seventh and Eighth Grades 

No. 

3035 American Railway Systems. 

3018 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 

3010 Evangeline. 

3036 Horatius at the Bridge, and Other 

Poems. 

3012 The Cotter’s Saturday Night and 

Other Poems. 

3037 Lowell’s Poems. 

3004 Thanatopsis and Other Poems. 

3006 The Deserted Village (Goldsmith) 

and Gray’s Elegy. 

3038 Washington’s Farewell Address 

and Other Papers. 

3122 The Vision of Sir Launfal and 
Other Poems. 

3039 Prisoner of Chillon and Other 

Poems. 

3017 Snow-Bound and the Corn Song. 
3115 The Magna Charta. 

3040 Sir Roger De Coverley Papers* 

3041 Carrying the U. S. Mail* 

3108 Speeches by Lincoln. 

3005 Enoch Arden. 

3101 Sohrab and Rustum, 

3042 Navigating the Air—Electric Rail¬ 

ways. 

3107 Famous Poems of Famous Poets- 

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